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“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde

"Hopped up out the bed, turned my swag on...Took a look in the mirror and said what's up." -Soulja Boy




Hey kiddies. Ace man here. Gotta get it on. No choice but to get it on. First and foremost let's give it up to Rudy for contributing a very solid first guest post on the YOU GOT JC platform. It was a solid effort. I think we can all agree that we wanted more length and a little more insight into his life. I really appreciated the hustle of him sticking up for this blog. But I wanted more Rudy and less Club Trill. Mark Titus is the man. He has had some very very solid posts. Laugh out loud funny. He's a really cool dude. I have been featured in his blog actually. I wish he would have played in the OAC. That's probably where he should have been. He should have been starting for Wilmington as opposed to hanging out in Columbus. He has a really good thing going though, as he is looking at a future where someone is gonna pay him a lot of money to hang out and write about pop culture for a living. Where as if he was at Wilmington he would only have about 18.5 per game and a couple 2nd team all OAC's to his credit. But having said all that, I would say with supreme confidence that I can go toe for toe with him in terms of having opinions about pop culture and being able to communicate them in a funny way. I just don't have as much time. The advantage would fall slightly to him, but trust me; I have a lot going on in this brain of mine.

I want to talk a lot about the NFL draft because it's definitely one of my favorite things, if not my favorite sports day of the year. But that would take a very long time. The Browns had an unbelievable draft. It had to have fallen exactly how they had hoped it would go. It worked out great. I'm not crazy about the Robiskie pick at where they got him because I think you could have waited on him. And if he was a guy they really coveted they could have traded back into the second round and grabbed him probably 10 picks after where they grabbed him. But a very strong draft. Well played, and now we'll see what else happens in this intermediary period. But I would like to point out that it was consensus among the analysts that matter that Mark Sanchez was the best pick of the draft, as I have been saying for weeks. I have been taking some heat for it, but I really hope that I prove to be correct. But the Jets, whether he is good or bad, have guaranteed themselves about a 40% percent increase in revenue this upcoming season, in the 2nd worst economy in our history.

What I wanted to talk about tonight was one of the most dreaded things that can ever happen to a guy like me. I was at the park that is close to my house "just getting in a quick run." The run should have been the jist of my time there, but I decided to bring a rock to shoot some free throws and cool down after my olympic like training regimen on the mile long scenic park track. So I finished my run and was just stretching and dribbling the ball a little bit. Then it happened. A barrage of men came storming to the court. Old guys. Teenagers. Guys in their 30's. Just not what I wanted to see. So I'm stretching for one last minute and getting out of there as fast as I can. By the way, I should have never gone on this run. I don't go on runs. I work out in a gym or at my house. But then it happened. The most dreaded 5 words you can ever here. HEY MAN, WE ONLY HAVE 9. So I am in the worst position ever. I got 9 weekend gunners trying to get their run in. The Cavs just swept the Pistons. These guys were coming off an emotional basketball high and wanted to get busy. So I said "Yea man, I'll play. The game was up to 9. It last about 20-25 minutes. THIS WAS FAR AND AWAY, THE WORST PICKUP GAME I HAVE EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BEEN APART IN THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE. I have been playing hoops for about 2 decades now. I have been caught in some bad pickup games. Pickup games that make you worse for having participated in them. But nothing compared to the one game I played tonight. It was incredible. These were the worst 9 players collectively participating in basketball that I had really ever seen. I am still speechless 5 hours later. Without a doubt, the star of our game was this well say 50 year old man. He was playing on my team. In the contest, he registered 0 points on 0-10 shooting and committed 8 turnovers. He hit the rim on 3 shots, while the rest failed to graze the iron. But 4 of those other 7 jacks did hit the backboard at a high rate of speed. BUT THE GUY KEPT COMING AT YOU. I MEAN THIS GUY WAS SHOOTING THE BALL LIKE HE WAS J.R. SMITH ON A TUESDAY NIGHT GAME IN JANUARY. It was incredible. But again, the 30 minute game gave me a lot of time to reflect on how fortunate I have been as an athlete in my lifetime. And I left that game with a lot of respect for those guys. Needless to say, none of them will be getting a call to play on TEAM JC in this upcoming Lakewood Y Summer Session.